Paring knife



. Jul 19, 1927.;

w. cLAwsoN PARING 1mm:

Filed Ma yll, 1925 INVENTOR. .W l ELAWSUN BY Z; ATTORNEY.

Patented July 19, 1927.

WILLIAM GLAWSON, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

PARING KNIFE.

Application filed May 11, 1925. Serial No. 29,305.

This invention relates to improvements in paring knives the primaryobject bemgto provide a simple and inexpensive knife which may beeffectively used to pare or peel various kinds of vegetables or fruits,there being an adjustable guard applled to the blade of the knife insuch manner that 011 adjustment, provision is made for paring differentkinds of vegetables and fruits some vegetables and fruits requiring adeeper slice or out than others.

Another object is to provide a paring knife of the character describedin which there is provided a means for adjustably and removablyfastening a guard to the knife whereby guards of different sizes may bereadily applied as desired, it being necessary in paring certain fruitsand vegetables which have comparatively thick skins to provide fordifferent spacing of the guard from the blade as compared to the spacingrequired when paring fruits and vegetables having thinner skins.

With the above mentioned and other objects in View, the inventionconsists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafterdescribed illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and set forth in theclaim hereto appended, it being understood that various changes in theform, proportion, size and minor details of construction within thescope of the claim may be resorted to without departing from the spiritor sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Referring to the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the knife of this invention.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the knife.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of theknife Fig. at is an end elevation ofthe knife showing it as it will appear when in use.

The paring knife of this invention comprises a knife blade 1 having theusual handle 2 and provided with a cutting edge 3 along one edgethereof. Extending along one side of the knife blade, parallel theretoand adjacent the cutting edge, is a guard strip t having thickened rightangularly extended bifurcated ends 5. The thickened ends provide forspacing the body of the guard from the edge of the knife. Screws 6 areinserted through openings 7 in the blade and extend through thebifurcated ends 5. lVing nuts 8 are turned on said screws and areadapted to bear upon the bifurcated ends. By this arrangement the guardmay be adjusted so that it is disposed at the desired point projectingforwardly in front of the cutting edge, the nuts being tightened tosecure the guard in adjuste position. The guard extending in front ofthe cutting edge and providing a space between it and said bladeprovides for contact of the guard with the vegetable or piece of fruitto be pared so that an even paring operation may be carried out. Theadjustment of the guard provides for adapting the instrument for paringdifferent kinds of vegetable or fruit, it being necessary with certainkinds of vegetables or fruit to make a deeper cut in the paring thereofthan is required for other kinds of vegetables or fruit. Furthermore,the shape of the vegetable or fruit makes it desirable to adjust theguard to provide for an effective paring operation. In some instances itmay be necessary to provide a greater space between the guard andcutting edge, as for example in paring thick skinned fruit, likeoranges. The fact that the guard may be removed provides for the readysubstitution of another guard having thicker ends and providingfor thespacing of the guard to a greater extent from the blade. In the present.instance, the guard is applied to the knife having a point. The guarddoes not extend over the point of the knife so that the point cannot beused for the removing of,

the eyes or other substances from potatoes, etc.., while the guard is onthe knife. However, the guard may be applied to any type of knifewhether pointed or not, as desired.

- I claim:

A paring knife comprising a knife blade having a cutting edge, a guardstrip, extending in spaced parallel relation to one side of the bladeadjacent the cutting edge and projecting forwardly from said ed e, saidstrip having integral right angulary extending portions on the endsthereof, which portions substantially the entire length of the blade arethicker than the strip and are bifurcated, except as to the pointportion of the blade screws carried by" the knife blade and exand beingdisposed in spaced relation to the 40 tended through the bifurcations ofsaid porblade by reason of the relatively thicker tions and nuts turnedon the screws adapted right angularly extending portions.

to engage the said portions to hold the guard in adJusted position, saidstrip extending for WILLIAM CLAWSON.

